Gladding-Hearn books order from Seaway Pilots

NOVEMBER 1, 2018 – Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, Somerset, MA, has won an order from the Seaway Pilots Inc., Cape Vincent, NY, for a Chesapeake Class pilot boat. Delivery of the new

Baleària’s big new LNG fueled cat is being built to Incat Crowther design

OCTOBER 31, 2018 — The 125 m long LNG dual fueled RoPax catamaran on order for Spanish ferry operator Baleària (see earlier story) is being built to Incat Crowther 125 design and

Virgin Voyages orders a fourth at Fincantieri

OCTOBER 31, 2018 — Shipbuilder Fincantieri and Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Voyages have signed a contract valued at around EUR 700 million (about $792 million) for the construction of a fourth cruise

KVH unveils ultra-compact Ku-band marine VSAT antenna

OCTOBER 31, 2018 — KVH Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: KVHI) has used the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show to unveil what it says is the world’s fastest, lightest, ultra-compact Ku-band marine VSAT antenna,

Canada’s first fully-electric ferries to have Schottel propulsion

OCTOBER 31, 2018 — Schottel has signed a contract with Damen Shipyards to equip the first fully-electric ferries to operate in Canada. Being built under a contract awarded Damen by the Government

Wärtsilä divests its pump business

OCTOBER 31, 2018 — Wärtsilä reports that it has divested its pumps business to Solix Group, a Scandinavian investment company with offices in Copenhagen, Denmark and Malmö, Sweden. The business had sales

Matson launches new U.S. flag Marshall Islands service

OCTOBER 30, 2018 — Matson, Inc. (NYSE: MATX) has launched a new direct U.S. flag service between Honolulu and the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), reducing cargo transit times from the

Two-deck ferry will become four-deck cruise vessel

OCTOBER 30, 2018 — Spanish naval architectural and marine design firm Oliver Design has signed a contract with the U.K.’s Magna Carta Steamship Company to carry out extensive alterations on a 2012-built

U.S. yard contracts boost ST Engineering marine sector order book

OCTOBER 30, 2018 – Singapore’s ST Engineering reports that in the third quarter of 2018 its marine sector secured about S$431million worth of contracts including options for its shipbuilding business, as well

Deltamarin and Elomatic win MV Werften cruise ship design contract

OCTOBER 30, 2018 – Deltamarin and Elomatic, both based in Turku, Finland, have signed an agreement with Genting Hong Kong subsidiary MV Werften Wismar GmbH for the basic and detail design of

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